AIRS 5th Annual Meeting (Toronto 2013) Program and Proceedings

International Research Project on Singing and Cultural Understanding: Children in Brazil, Canada, China, & Kenya

Organized by Lily Chen-Hafteck, assisted by Nancy Gleason and Daniel Aponte with participation by AIRS researchers from Brazil, Canada, China, and Kenya.

Other students, AIRS co-investigators, or other interested parties are welcome to sit in. There will be one break for lunch. Please contact Dr. Chen-Hafteck lhafteck@ucla.edu for further information regarding content, or Ross Dwyer rdwyer@upei.ca for practical information.

8:30 – 5:00 Registration/ Coffee and pick up programme materials and name tags

3:00 – 5:30 AIRS Poster Session - Atrium (Engineering Building)

3:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks

Frank Russo – Convenor SMPC

Jean-Paul Boudreau – Dean of Arts, Ryerson University

Robert Gilmour -Vice-President, Research, UPEI

Hilary Apfelstadt – AIRS Advisory Board

Annabel Cohen – Director AIRS

Note: Posters should be mounted (materials provided) at earliest convenience for display throughout the entire meeting, with opportunities to view before sessions, during coffee breaks. Posters may be placed as early as 8:30 am and must be placed by 12:00 am Posters are identified with their sub-theme in the program and in the abstract section

7:00

For all AIRS Students and Early Career Research Professionals –

Student & ECRP Pizza dinner

SBB Lounge - Psychology Building

Evening – Dinner on your own for all AIRS Co-Investigators and Collaborators

10:00 – 10:30 – TEACHING SINGING – ANALYSIS OF DATA FROM THE VOICE STUDIO -examples requested of music graduate student, young adult, senior adult, Students of Indian vocal Music (voice teachers or voice students associated with 2.2 are asked to provide video examples in Advance as a basis and stimulant for Discussion. Please send short clips -3 min max- to tgermaine@upei.ca)

10:30 – 10:50 Nutrition Break (Atrium)

10:50 – 11:15 -Emotional Meaning across Cultures (Russo/Livingstone)

11:15 – 12:00 - HOW TO ENGAGE PEOPLE IN SONGS OF THEIR OWN AND OTHER CULTURES – (baldacchino/beynon/stark/) Choral conducting and Song Circles (our choir directors Demonstrate: possibly invite representatives from song Circle and Multicultural Choirs of Toronto)

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